Surnia – Offline AI Chat

What's new in 2.1 Thank you for your feedback. This update fixes the problems you reported and adds new ways to use Surnia, all still fully on your device. NEW • MLX engine: on iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or later, models can run with Apple's MLX as well as llama.cpp. Each model card has an engine switch, and both versions of a model can be installed side by side. • Smarter first download: the welcome screen picks the best model and engine for your device and tells you which engine it chose and why. • Apple's on-device model can read photos on iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence. • Share to Surnia: send a photo, PDF, text or code file from Photos, Files, Safari or your chat apps straight into a new Surnia chat. • Thinking, reworked: the Thinking button is off until you turn it on and remembers your choice for each model. While a model thinks you see how long it has been thinking and the line it is on, and "Answer now" skips straight to the reply. A thinking reply always ends with an answer. • Gemma 4 with llama.cpp now downloads Google's own quantization-aware files, which keep quality closer to the original model. • New interface language: Kurdish (Sorani). • Short tips the first time you use the chat. • Licenses: a page for every library and model family. IMPROVED • Manage models shows which models suit your device. A model too large for it can no longer be downloaded, and its card says how much memory it needs. • Each model uses its maker's recommended settings, which stops small models from repeating themselves. • Faster follow-up questions after a thinking reply. • Photos appear above your message, and on iPhone a swipe from the edge opens your chats. • Cleaner design in light and dark mode, with stronger contrast for text and buttons. • Safer links: a link in a reply opens only after you see its full address. • Apple's on-device model works better with iOS 27. FIXED • Pausing a model download and resuming it started the whole download again. It now continues where it stopped, also after a lost connection or after closing the app. • After changing the app language, the Back button pointed the wrong way until the app was reopened. • Sending two photos to a model that reads only one no longer unloads the model. • A download that stopped with an error can now be cancelled to free its space. • Many more stability and reliability fixes. Update now, then open Manage models to see which models suit your device. Questions or ideas? Use "Report a response" under any reply, or write to omarluay@42l6.com.